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18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror.
1929
English
Action/adventure
Silent
Cast & Crew
Julie Compton
(Actor)
.. Theresia
Nelson Keys
(Actor)
.. Robespierre
Matheson Lang
(Actor)
.. Scarlet Pimpernel/Sir Percy Blakeney
Haddon Mason
(Actor)
.. Tallien
Harold Huth
(Actor)
.. Finville
Douglas Payne
(Actor)
.. Rateau
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Did You Know..
Julie Compton
(Actor)
.. Theresia
Born:
January 01, 1902
Trivia:
A popular attraction of the Ziegfeld Follies in the early 1920s, American-born Juliette Compton headed to England to perform in Cochran's Revues. While a British resident, Compton appeared in such films as Nell Gwynn. Returning to the U.S. in 1929, she launched her film career, playing a series of British grande dames (with a few waterfront floozies thrown in to break the monotony). Typical of her screen roles were the Duchess of Devonshire in Berkeley Square (1933) and Lady Spencer in That Hamilton Woman. Juliette Compton closed out her film career with 1947's The Unfaithful.
Nelson Keys
(Actor)
.. Robespierre
Born:
January 01, 1886
Died: January 01, 1939
Died: January 01, 1939
Matheson Lang
(Actor)
.. Scarlet Pimpernel/Sir Percy Blakeney
Born:
January 01, 1878
Died: January 01, 1948
Died: January 01, 1948
Trivia:
Canadian actor Matheson Lang first gained considerable renown in British theater before turning to silent films in 1916. He was one of the first major theater stars to do so, and he continued starring in British films through the mid 1930s. The son of a clergyman and the cousin of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lang's decision to forgo religious life in favor of acting caused considerable controversy in his family.
Haddon Mason
(Actor)
.. Tallien
Born:
January 01, 1897
Died: January 01, 1966
Died: January 01, 1966
Harold Huth
(Actor)
.. Finville
Born:
January 20, 1892
Died: January 01, 1967
Died: January 01, 1967
Trivia:
British actor, director and producer Harold Huth entered the film industry in 1927 as an actor. About a decade later, he changed his focus to directing and producing. He continued in this vein through the early '60s and only occasionally appeared as an actor.
Douglas Payne
(Actor)
.. Rateau
Born:
January 01, 1874
Died: January 01, 1965
Died: January 01, 1965
